Sermon, 14th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 12th and final Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon Against Contention and Brawling These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. At the time these homilies were written, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there was great religious turmoil in England. The Reformation had brought Protestantism to the Church of England,…
Sunday Morning Worship, 12th Sunday after Trinity, Sept. 7, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 10th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: An Exhortation Concerning Good Order And Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 10th homily begins by noting the intricate order that God embedded in Creation, and, as part of Creation, within human society and individual persons as well. …
Sermon, 10th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 8th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon How Dangerous a Thing It Is To Fall From God These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 8th homily warns us to not allow sin or selfishness to separate us from God. God is long-suffering, but He will not impose Himself on any…
Sermon, 6th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
We continue this Sunday to preach through the first book of homilies. The sixth homily is entitled: A Sermon of Christian Love and Charity These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited text that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 6th homily directs us to look to Jesus as the example of how we are to love. First, we are to love God above everything else, and this means that we…
Sermon, Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 2025
We continue this Sunday to preach through the first book of homilies. The fifth homily is entitled: A Sermon of Good Works Annexed Unto Faith These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited text that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The fifth homily begins by noting that without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith in Christ is the cornerstone upon which a righteous life must be built. The second…